Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ferguson city GEOCODE:29-1425 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,740 100.0% 22,286 100.0% -2,454 -9.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,886 88.5% 19,009 85.3% -2,877 -13.1 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 316 1.3% 270 1.2% -46 -14.6 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 21,172 85.6% 16,410 73.6% -4,762 -22.5 -11.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,371 13.6% 5,581 25.0% 2,210 65.6 11.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 137 0.6% 147 0.7% 10 7.3 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 10 0.0% 74 0.3% 64 640.0 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 203 0.8% 170 0.8% -33 -16.3 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,680 6.8% 1,728 7.8% 48 2.9 1.0 5-17.................. 4,441 18.0% 3,946 17.7% -495 -11.1 -0.2 18-24.................. 3,369 13.6% 1,837 8.2% -1,532 -45.5 -5.4 25-44.................. 6,486 26.2% 7,367 33.1% 881 13.6 6.8 45-64.................. 5,540 22.4% 3,883 17.4% -1,657 -29.9 -5.0 65 AND OVER............ 3,224 13.0% 3,525 15.8% 301 9.3 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,121 24.7% 5,674 25.5% -447 -7.3 0.7 40 AND OVER............ 9,872 39.9% 8,773 39.4% -1,099 -11.1 -0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.2 33.7 2.5 8.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,268 $29,450 -2,818 -8.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,099 $33,359 -3,740 -10.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,917 $13,498 -419 -3.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,354 5.5% 1,425 6.5% 71 5.2 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,199 100.0% 8,769 100.0% -430 -4.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,973 75.8% 6,173 70.4% -800 -11.5 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,037 43.9% 3,526 40.2% -511 -12.7 -3.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,763 62.6% 4,550 51.9% -1,213 -21.0 -10.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,525 27.4% 2,110 24.1% -415 -16.4 -3.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 927 10.1% 1,333 15.2% 406 43.8 5.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 556 6.0% 672 7.7% 116 20.9 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,941 21.1% 2,250 25.7% 309 15.9 4.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.1 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,250 100.0% 14,775 100.0% -475 -3.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,784 37.9% 4,479 30.3% -1,305 -22.6 -7.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,085 13.7% 2,473 16.7% 388 18.6 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,614 100.0% 11,250 100.0% -1,364 -10.8 FEMALE................ 5,562 44.1% 5,469 48.6% -93 -1.7 4.5 EMPLOYED.............. 11,781 93.4% 10,511 93.4% -1,270 -10.8 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,657 21.1% 2,767 24.6% 110 4.1 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,423 11.3% 1,252 11.1% -171 -12.0 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,430 100.0% 9,346 100.0% -84 -0.9 OCCUPIED.............. 9,178 97.3% 8,750 93.6% -428 -4.7 -3.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,327 68.9% 6,025 68.9% -302 -4.8 -0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,701 $62,151 450 0.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,851 31.1% 2,725 31.1% -126 -4.4 0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $411 $459 48 11.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,024 74.5% 6,840 73.2% -184 -2.6 -1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.4 1956.0 0.6 0.0 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis